Slalom

Slalom UK website explains all you need to know about slalom in the UK.
Typical event format is to have practice and then there are two timed runs. The best one counts. There are time penalties for hitting posts (2 seconds) or missing gates (50 seconds). The courses seem to take under 3 minutes to complete but it is a high adrenaline sprint through the gates. Performed on moving water it's great skill training for river running. The beginners events have gentle currents while the premier events have seriously violent water!
See Slalom Technique for online video coaching K1, C1 and C2. See Helen Reeves guide to slalom from the Olympics here and Campbell Walsh gives his top tips on slalom kayaking here. Also Evil in the Upstreams by the ICF is a good development series to learn from.

2010 Season

14 March Stone Slalom, first ranking slalom of the season, results not publisshed yet. James & Sue Prowse, Neal Grant and Grant Underwood all competed. Congrats to James who got promoted to Div 3.

Dates	Venue (click for course guide)	Div	Div	Div	Div	Host Club
14 March	Stone			3	4	Stafford and Stone CC
20/21 March	Shepperton	1	2			Shepperton Slalom CC
20/21 March	Sowery Bridge		2	3		Halifax CC
27/28 March	Yalding Weir (no guide)			3	4	Hastings CC
24/25 April	Matlock		2	3		Matlock CC
1/2 May	Bala Mill		2	3		Ormskirk Scouts CC
2/3 May	River Loddon			3	4	Reading CC
15/16 May	HPP (no guide)	1	2			Manchester CC
15/16 May	Wagon Lane			3	4	Bradford & Bingley CC
22 May	North Walls (no guide)				4 & open	Winchester & District CC
22/23 May	Orton Mere			3	4	Proteus CC
29 May	HPP (no guide)	1	2			Manchester CC
5/6 June	Stone			3	4	Stafford and Stone CC
19/20 June	Orton Mere			3	4	Proteus CC
26/27 June	Shepperton			3	4	Shepperton Slalom CC
3/4 July	Cardington		2	3	4	Viking KC
7/8 August	Harefield			3	4	St Albans & Hertsmere CC
7/8 August	Nene (no guide)		2	3	4	?? CC
21 August	LLandysul (no guide)			3	4	Llandysul Paddlers
28/29 August	Bala Mill			3	4	Ormskirk Scouts CC
4/5 Sept	Cardington		2	3	4	Viking KC
25/26 Sept	Shepperton			3	4	Shepperton Slalom CC
2 Oct	North Walls (no guide)				4 & open	Winchester & District CC
9/10 Oct	LLandysul (no guide)	1	2			Llandysul Paddlers
10 Oct	Stone			3	4	Stafford and Stone CC
30/31 Oct	Yalding Weir (no guide)			3	4	Hastings CC

Full calendar here

 

 

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